Andrew Ross Sorkin

My name is .

I live in Tennessee.

And that's just how I talked all the time.

It had nothing to do with the fact that I really thought she was something special.

I was just going around in groups and saying, what do women think about this?

And we're traveling in a different country and she,

Whenever she wore something that presented more feminine to school, I was always like, I was afraid that someone would physically assault her.

For me, it was, now, so the scripture, by the fruits you will know them,

But when you see your child at their happiest when they get their ears pierced or wear a tiara or put on a dress and go to the Barbie movie, and you're like, my child is flourishing.

That's not some other mental health thing.

Flourishing is not a sign of struggling mental health.

It's like, okay, it's eight hours away.

That's what we'll do.

So it wasn't a question of whether we were going to do it.

It was just how hard is it going to be?

So I drove Allie up for her first appointment at the clinic at UVA.

We stayed overnight at the hotel, got up early, went there.

She was excited.

I honestly was excited to be able to – it felt like I was –

being a good dad.